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The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK-based higher education analytics firm, released its 2026 World University Rankings on June 19, 2025, involving 1,501 institutions from 106 countries.
Quacquarelli Symonds assesses institutions based on eight indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-to-student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio, international student ratio, international research network, employment outcomes, and sustainability.
According to its findings, the top 10 universities in the world are from the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Singapore.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Imperial College London (UK); Stanford University (USA); and the University of Oxford (UK).
Others include Harvard University (USA); University of Cambridge (UK); ETH Zurich (Switzerland); National University of Singapore (Singapore); University College London (UK); and California Institute of Technology (USA).
However, in Africa, the top 10 ranked universities are the University of Cape Town, South Africa at 150 in the globe, the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa at 291 on the global log, Stellenbosch University, South Africa at 302, the University of Johannesburg, South Africa at 308, and Cairo University, Egypt at 347.
Others are the University of Pretoria, South Africa at 363, the American University in Cairo, Egypt at 381, Ain Shams University, Egypt at 542, the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa at 558, and Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia at 731-740.
University of Cape Town, South Africa
The University of Cape Town is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. It was established in 1829 as the South African College, and granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Wits University is situated in Johannesburg, South Africa – a vibrant, leading commercial city on the African continent.
The university lies in the South African School of Mines, which was established in Kimberley in 1896 and transferred to Johannesburg as the Transvaal Technical Institute in 1904, becoming the Transvaal University College in 1906 and renamed the South African School of Mines and Technology four years later.
Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa
Stellenbosch University is a multi-disciplinary school with a winelands backdrop that specialises in the study of AgriScience. It was established in 1918 and has grown into a true asset to South Africa.
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The University of Johannesburg, South Africa
The University of Johannesburg was established on January 1, 2005, as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR), and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.
The vision is to be an international university of choice, anchored in Africa and the global south, dynamically shaping a sustainable future.
Cairo University, Egypt
Cairo University is Egypt’s premier public university, established in 1908. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo.
The university achieved significant leaps in the Times Arab Rankings for 2024, ranking eighth among Arab universities and first among Egyptian universities.
The University of Pretoria, South Africa
The University of Pretoria is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, established in 1908 at the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.
The university is one of Africa’s top universities and the largest contact university in South Africa.
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
The American University in Cairo is Egypt’s prestigious private English-language university, offering liberal arts education in the heart of the Middle East.
The university was founded in 1919 by the American Mission in Egypt, a Protestant mission sponsored by the United Presbyterian Church of North America, as an English-language university and preparatory school.
Ain Shams University, Egypt
Ain Shams University is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. It was founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.
The University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
The University of KwaZulu-Natal is a public research university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
It was formed on January 1, 2004, after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.
Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
The University of Tunis El Manar is a university located in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 2000 and is organised into 11 faculties.
The university is a multidisciplinary institution in which most of the scientific fields are represented: fundamental sciences, engineering sciences and technology, economics, legal sciences, human sciences, computer sciences, medical and paramedical sciences.
